that we all had. may we never forget those who lost their lives and honor those who continue to fight every single day for our safety and for our freedom. that honor continues and so does fox news now. ♪ >> deadly wildfires continue burning out west. fox news is tracking the flames that so far have ravaged over a million acres of land in oregon and destroyed tens of thousands of buildings and homes in california. the footage just devastating. we will be tracking that story for you all afternoon long. great to be with you, leland and great to be with our viewers at home. welcome to american's news headquarters this week, i'm gillian turner. leland: gillian, nice to be with you. the stories inside the fire lines are harrowing. i'm leland vittert. they've killed a dozen on the

coast. they're bracing. and christina coleman, the fires are burning behind her. >> it's 9 a.m. pacific time. you can't tell because of the fire and smog. i'm in monrovia canyon where the firefighters have been gathering throughout the morning to try to get the fire under control. it's only 6% contained and you can't see the mountains like i can because of the smog, but i can see the flames that have been burning. they've gotten larger. just this morning, they continued to move toward these different areas and mind you, there are a lot of homes around here. and now, after days of high temperatures, strong winds and low humidity, firefighters are starting to catch a bit of a break, but the damage from the fires is devastating and the death toll growing. at least two dozen people are dead. 19 here in california, where

some three million acres have burned, 20 times higher than last year and the size of the entire state of connecticut. and people have had little time to get out. >> the wind was blowing so hard. it should have been daylight, but it was dark. the ashes everywhere and wind was outrageously bad. it was bad. >> washington and oregon also seeing record fires and destruction. oregon's emergency management director says they're preparing for a mass fatality event with dozens still policed as missing and thousands of homes and structures destroyed. many got out with just the clothes on their backs. >> i keep trying to figure out why people are giving us so many-- keep offering us clothes and my husband reminds me, because our clothes just got burned.

it's so surreal. >> while it's cooler here today and better conditions for fighting the fires, the air quality along the west coast is at dangerous levels with nearly 70 active wildfires burning. the west currently has the worst air quality in the world right now. lela leland . leland: to think we're in the middle of fire season. back as news warrants, thank you. gillian: president trump is hosting a campaign rally in nevada this evening and plans to make his case there despite a narrow loss in 2016. he's really delivered for the sun belt state. the race is tightening and it shows that nevada is in play. mark. >> gillian, good morning to you from nevada. the president's campaign is spending final and energy in the southwest this weekend. he's going to be holding multiple events in nevada including in beautiful menden. we're expecting to see the president hold the rally later on. it was supposed to happen at

reno at the airport there, but the campaign was forced to change plans because of coronavirus restrictions and gatherings are 50 people to slow the spread. it's unclear how this'll have to avoid that. the republicans haven't won in nevada since 2004. the campaign feels a good shot this time around and the president lost nevada to hillary clinton by 27,000 votes. the chairwoman of the rnc feels there's a better shot. >> many appreciate what the president has done on i am great lakes and we're also not going to have a third party candidate that will steal votes away. we feel very good and that's why we're heavily invested. the rnc has a ground game there and it's exciting to have the president out there tonight. >> meantime, as absentee voting is now underway in the state of north carolina, the president

once again told his supporters to do all they can to get their ballots counted. he tweeted this morning, when polls open go to your polling place to see if it's counted, if not your signed ballot won't count because it's been posted, but don't let them illegally take your vote away. >> north carolina says that voting twice is illegal. when you mail your ballot in, track it online. and they've flagged that tweet about the vote. we'll see if the president has more to say about this as he makes his way out west later on this afternoon. gillian. gillian: pretty sure wherever you are in america, voting twice is also illegal. mark meredith in minden, nevada, thanks. leland: we'll check back with mark later. the latest polling show a virtual tie between the former vice-president and president trump in the key battle ground state.

live in wilmington, delaware where the former vp is spending saturday not on the trail. hi. >> hi, leland. joe biden will go somewhere he's not been since the pandemic started, that is florida. biden is going there to try to win back support from latinos after a miami herald poll is showing president trump getting voters where cuban-americans for the president over biden. and it's hitting the airwaves ahead of his visit for the first time in this election. [speaking spanish] >> compared to trump, biden is way behind though in in-person visits to battle ground states like florida since they both became official party nominees, trump has been to 11 states. biden has been to just three, but he is trying to make up for

less face time with voters with new screen season as the nfl kicks off. biden's campaign is taking advantage of fans tuning in, three times as much cash on tv ads compared to the trump campaign. trump's team spent more on digital and the biden campaign by three and a half million dollars, but as nfl fans are cheering football and getting back on the field. the biden team says that fans are not getting back in the stand ap the former super bowl winning host will be holding virtually blaming trump for what he says will be a multi-million dollar revenue loss for teams that don't have fans packing home stadiums. it's interesting because it's up to local health officials why nfl teams, some are deciding to have fans in the stands, socially distanced. some are not. when it comes to the green bay packers, local health officials say they're not encouraging

mass gathering and consider a stadium at lambeau field to be a mass gathering. leland: and whether the college teams are playing. lou holts will be on. and gillian. gillian: joining us now is democrat ohio congressman tim ryan, he currently serves on at house appropriations committee and a surrogate for the biden campaign. sir, thanks so much for joining us today. so in news cycle about the campaign trail this week was largely driven and really dominated by the revelations from bob woodward's book claiming that the president knew how dangerous the coronavirus was since january, and to use his words covered up. take a listen to joe biden. >> the president of the united states admitted on tape in february he knew about coronavirus that it passed through the air. he knew how deadly it was, it

was much more deadly than the flu. he knew and purposely played it down. worse, he lied to the american peop people. gillian: so a number of angles to push back on here, but let's start with the idea. tell me if you agree, that a big part of the job of being commander-in-chief is to guide the american people with a steady hand, to not create panic, to not sew discord when it's not entirely clear what the facts are? >> there's no question that the goal, the role of a president is to guide the country and you can only guide the country if you're being honest with them. if you're presenting them with the facts, and you know, you look at what roosevelt said during world war ii, i will share with you, the good news and the bad news. and you're not doing us any favors by pretending. and that's where this problem started is that the president,

and we know all the clips, you know, it's a democratic hoax, it's going to pass right through, it will be down to zero in a few days, that was not true and now we know he knew it wasn't true and when you look at the response now, the damages to our businesses, the damages to-- it's not to mention-- >> congressman, we'll get to the-- >> 200,000 people who died. >> in a moment. yes. >> i'm sorry. >> tragic. we'll get to the damages, absolutely the number of lives lost is a tragedy and we'll get to the damages in a moment. i want to stick to the idea who knew what when. joe biden says he knew from his own sources as early as january that the virus was going to go global and that it was going to be very powerful, right? >> yeah. i mean, i think, i think a lot of people knew. gillian: why was he still holding campaign rallies in

march? march? >> look, i understand that you want to try to deflect the president is the boss. the president is the one in charge. joe biden is not president. he's not vice-president. he was running for president. no one was looking to him for leadership. gillian: he still has an obligation to the american people to not endanger their health so i'm asking if he knew or believed in january that the coronavirus was coming to america and was going to be deadly, why was he still asking his supporters to gather in large numbers in the early part of the winter? >> well, we didn't understand exactly what the response needed to be from that vantage point. the president-- here, the president was in charge. the president sent 18 tons of protective equipment to china in early february. so right around the time he was having this conversation with bob woodward, he was shipping all of our ppe to china and he said at the same time, he wasn't using the defense

production act to produce our own here. look, you could try to obscure this all you want. he was the president. the buck stops with him. gillian: sir, i'm not object securing anything, i'm asking you about your candidate's own response to the virus. this is a fair line of questioning. >> my candidate could have said anything he wanted. gillian: in the debate-- >> he does not pull the levers of government. why are you trying to deflect responsibility from this president? we count on our president, whether they're democrats or republicans. gillian: we're not deflecting from this president. congressman, we have you on as a representative of the biden campaign to help us understand his strategizing about the virus, this is not about the president. we're talking now about former vice-president joe biden pan his response to the coronavirus. my last question for you, sir, what would a biden president administration have done differently? if it wasn't the travel ban from china, if it wasn't enacting the defense production act, kwha what were the

concrete steps they would have taken to protect the american people. >> it would have started before the virus hit. joe biden would have dismantled the national security agency's infectious disease department. joe biden wouldn't have pulled the center for disease control out of china. you know, he would have been honest with the american people, and that's all we ask. look, you're going to have issues live this, look at joe biden how he handled the ebola crisis the same way he would have handled this. so the bottom line, the president didn't tell the truth, he hid the information, americans weren't prepared and then not only did he not prepare us, he encouraged the governors of florida, georgia, arizona to open up and that led to tens of thousands of more deaths. we should be out of this by now. we should have dealt with this in february, march, april and we could have been in the position of many other countries right now who are having a much different recovery, not just on the public health side, but the

economic side and the president doesn't want to take responsibility for anything and many times, this fox news defends him and this is indefensible, i'm sorry, i hate to say it. gillian: i'm sorry to interrupt you, we're out of time here. i did ask you for what the biden administration, a future biden administration would have done differently, i heard a long list of things they would not have done. maybe we can have you back sometime soon to talk about the concrete measures they would have taken. for now that's it, congressman. >> the same way he handled the ebola crisis which was success, that's the leadership you'll get from joe biden. gillian: we always appreciate your insight and perspective, we enjoy having you on the show, thank you very much. >> thanks for having me. gillian: you bet. we'll get more from the other side of the aisle with american conservative union chairman that's coming up in a little bit. stick with us. leland: we'll see that in the

meantime, going forward, felons that served out their sentences still must pay any outstanding fines such as court fees before they can vote in florida. the move comes as a blow to several civil rights groups and reverses a decision made. and some defines it as a modern day poll tax. stay tuned for this and the liam challenges to it. fox news sunday tomorrow, chris wallace has an exclusive interview with senior advisor steve cortez and reaction from biden senior advisor sullivan. media buzz, howard kurtz talks to sarah sanders. that's 11 eastern. gillian: meanwhile, the dismal prospect of the white house and congress providing much needed

coronavirus relief and both parties are insisting they're open to and want a deal. lucas tomlinson joins us with the latest. >> senator majority leader mitch mcconnell accused the democrats are playing games with the relief bill. it failed this week. >> should we move forward with a floor process for hundreds of billions more for kids, for jobs and for health care? or do our democratic colleagues prefer to hide behind closed doors and refuse to help families. >> it's so emaciated and filled with poison pills, it was designed to fail. >> apparently 300 billion in federal aid and $300 per week-- a siren right next to me. and the schools wasn't good enough as democrats demanded trillions more. rand paul was the lone vote from the g.o.p. who joined the

democrats in defeating the bill. and president trump responded, quote, pelosi and schumer want trillions of dollars of bailout money for blue states doing badly economically and in terms of crime. the usa is coming back strong. protesters showed up at mcconnell's home in washington d.c. demanding $600, double what the republicans proposed in unemployment benefits. they also shouted black lives matter, vermont's democratic senator also weighed in. >> senator mcconnell says he's prepared a so-called skinny covid bill to put before the senate. well, this proposal isn't skinny. it's anemic. why are they afraid to vote? let's have amendments, vote them up or down. >> mcconnell says it's 50-50 whether republicans can hold their majority in the senate, gillian. gillian: lucas tomlinson from

washington d.c. this afternoon. thank you. leland: secretary of state mike pompeo is in the middle east to work on a possible peace deal with the taliban. what that means for troops in afghanistan. ♪

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>> brilliant beams of light lit up the night sky of three cities that came under attack on 9/11 19 years ago. new york, arlington, virginia, the home of the pentagon and shanksville, pennsylvania. the beacons were lit for three successive nights and dubbed the towers of light. they honor the american lives that were lost on that day. ♪ >> control of the senate could run through colorado where republican incumbent cory gardner is closing the gap with popular former governor, former presidential candidate john hickenlooper. we're away from the first ballots being mailed out in colorado. alicia acuna is in denver. hi, alicia. >> hi, leland. you know colorado has definitely turned more blue over the last few cycles, but as you mentioned incumbent senator cory gardner is looking to split the ticket.

neither republican senator cory gardner nor former governor hickenlooper has lost a race. >> i across party lines to get things done. >> and hickenlooper knows it's time for action not vacation. >> hickenlooper finished two terms in the governor's office with high approval ratings, popularity that did not transfer to the presidential trail. at the time he brushed off the idea of challenging gardner telling politico, i'm not cut out to be a senate. races have strongly favored the democrats in this state. >> they're the largest voting block and how things go is dependent on the national mood and political move. >> both have hurdles. that hickenlooper violate add gift ban while governor and a familiar retort by gardner. >> john hickenlooper won't

leave the basement. >> he says the hiding claim is false. >> for hickenlooper, he's campaigning in a bubble. >> democrats are opening gardner's relationship with the president will spell doom. >> cory has the new fashion accessory and that's had an ankle bracelet called trump. >> hillary clinton beat trump in 2016, but gardner believes his ticket with outperform expectations when you consider the last three presidential elections. >> donald trump did better than mitt romney or john mccain and that's why i think that colorado continues to be the independent state that it's always been. >> colorado mails every registered voter a ballot which is controversial all over the place, except colorado where they've been doing it securely here for years. it's basically a nonissue. leland. leland: noteworthy for hickenlooper used to come here all the time running for president and now can't get a phone call.

and it's been warmer there in the past week, thank you, gillian. gillian: the taliban and the afghan government are entering historic peace talks today in qatar, six months after the u.s. kicked off events to bring the countries together to end two decades of war for 180,000 afghans lives alone. ryan. >> hi, gillian, this is the first talks between the taliban and the government of afghanistan in nearly 19 years, since the taliban was overthrown in november of 2001 and began the insurgency against the government of afghanistan. so truly a historic moment. a real big photo op. some of the members of the taliban delegation, in fact, actually taking pictures of the moment. something you wouldn't have seen in 2001 under the ultra orthodox taliban rule. and on the government of afghanistan side, four women participating in the negotiating committee, again, something that would not have

been allowed under the taliban. you know, both sides saying that they are committed to working towards peace, but also acknowledging that it's going to be a long and difficult road. keep in mind, the two sides are still fighting on the ground in afghanistan so a cease-fire of some sort is just one of the obstacles to a lasting peace there. u.s. secretary of state was also meeting about the relationship of afghanistan, going forward, future aid. it depends how the talks go, what the new government looks like, if there's peace. the u.s. has some 8,000 troops on the ground and the trump administration wants to see it fall to 4,000 by november and get those numbers as close to zero by next april. that's what they agreed on with the taliban if february when they did the peace deal. technically speaking, the u.s. withdrawal is contingent on fighting the islamic state

there and ensuring that afghanistan does not again become a breeding ground of attacks against the united states. it's not technically contingent on these two warring parties finding some kind of lasting peace. that said, of course, the u.s. government would be -- would really like to see them make some progress toward a deal because of course, it would not look good for the united states and u.s. troops to be seen as cutting and running from afghanistan while the war rages on there. lots going on in the middle east. just yesterday bahrain, a country in the gulf agreed to recognize israel following in the footsteps of the uae. and following both the deals. a flurry of diplomatic initiative from the trump administration as we're getting closer to those elections in november. gillian. gillian: some great context offered there, ryan, on what is a very complex, nuanced topic.

we appreciate it, thank you. leland: all right. missouri-- >> leland, it's-- >> sorry, go ahead. gillian: i was going to say, it may sound esoteric on the intricacies between the peace deal between the taliban and afghan government, but it's important to remind our viewers that the war going on for decades is something that the american taxpayers have largely financed. leland: largely financed and also the number of american lives, of blood and treasure, spent in afghanistan. gillian: exactly. leland: it's something that's important to keep in mind as we look through this and obviously, peace in afghanistan has been something they've been looking for, i don't know, for 2, 300 years since the british were there. it's been hard to find. gillian: also a campaign promise of president trump's to bring folks home. leland: all right. turning our attention back domestically, missouri is bolstering its partnership on dead will i crime in its city.

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>> a federal prosecutor and top aide to u.s. attorney general john durham, he's conducting that counter intelligence probe into the democrat's russia investigation has resigneded citing concern about pressure from the attorney general bill barr. aishah hasnie is covering that from new york today. >> hi, gillian. it's not like we are going to get any answers from the doj. they're referring questions to durham's office and durham's office not willing to comment on the reasoning behind this resignation as of right now. but it is being reported today that norah danahy has some concerns how the russia probe is being handled. the aide to u.s. attorney

durham, to look into the origins of the probe into president donald trump. and looking influencing the election. the president believes there was wrongdoing when they launched that probe. he's been tweeting about a new revolution that members of the mueller team wiped their phones during that probe. durham's investigation is believed to be in its final stages. as to why danahy stepped down, the hartford current where durham serves as u.s. attorney is citing her colleagues that believe she resigned quote, at least partly out of concern that the investigative team is pressed for political reasons to produce a report before its work is done. now, democrats are using this, pointing back to their concerns about ag barr. it is a consistent pattern we see of bill barr not acting as

attorney general, protecting our whole country, he's acting for the most part simply as an agent for donald trump. >> and, gillian, this comes amid even more resignation is. doj-related resignation is on friday. we're watching twitter to see if the president comments specifically about this latest resignation, gillian. gillian: aishah hasnie live from new york city. thank you. leland. leland: like in so many american cities, violent crime is surging in st. louis, missouri. it's already america's murder capital and homicides are up. and joining us now to discuss a decision to clam many down on violent crime is eric schmidt. you have the safer streets initiative and partners with the u.s. attorney. isn't this the job to the local prosecutor being the one to

sound the alarm bells when murder is up 40%? >> at state level crimes, no question about that. you've got violent crime surging, we're already at the number of murders, almost, just a couple of short of all of last year. murders are surging. violent crime is surging. prosecutions are down, convictions are down, the turnover is up from that office. from my perspective from the state's top prosecutor, we want to do everything at the state level to partner with our federal partners. which is why we've partnered with them with the safer street initiatives. leland: kim gardner, the local prosecutor there, you say that convictions are way down. the court documents show in the first two weeks of february, got a guilty verdict on one out of four trails, conviction rate of 25%. you all have offered to help her office, which would be sort of the easiest, most expedient way to do this if she's had huge turnover and other

problems, but she said no thanks, so you've sort of had to end run this through the u.s. attorney's office. that's right. i mean, that offer, when i became attorney general, the offer was for her to assist and the convictions are down. we have a special prosecution office specifically for this and we go around the state and prosecute on complex cases, triple homicides, homicides, and that's why we've entered into the safer streets initiative with our federal partners. 314 charges filed, 181 the most violent crimes, carjacking, carjacking resultening death and against law officers. in federal crimes penalties can be stiffer. it's those that we need right now when you see violent crime surging, all we can do. leland: if you need to do that,

the local prosecutor there isn't taking care of business, crimes have gone up. this is a case you want to talk about, kevin shelton, who was a young man charged with carjacking, possession with intent to distribute controlled substance, discharge of a firearm december of 2019. unsurprisingly had additional charges and let out on a pre-trial diversion program. any idea why you all seem to be able to prosecute these cases at that kim gardner's passing on? >> well, look, we're committed to it. i'm committed to it. we have to do better. i mean, we have to be sure that people understand, when you convict-- when commit these violent crimes, that there are consequences and criminals have been emboldened. leland: the yes, how emboldened have they been in st. louis, feeling the feds and your prosecutor deputyized all the

time. it seems she's giving criminal a free pass. >> and the evidence is clear, you've got a third of the number of the prosecutors left in the office, a high turnover rate and the number of charges issued are down 40%. you cited the conviction rates around 20%. it used to be much higher than that. so that office is challenged to say the least. we want to do everything we can to help, all hands on deck. that's why i think the federal relationship is important. it's unpress departmented in the country and we're proud of the partnership, but we need more done on the local level for sure. >> connect the dots for me. conceivably you would have your office for the most violent and most complex crimes to come in and help. the fact that you guys are having to pick and choose through gun crimes that the local prosecutor won't prosecute.

i can't imagine what that's doing for everyday crime and drug trafficking on the streets of st. louis. >> it's important to see that it's somewhat limited. there's carjacking resulting in death, but the kind of the standard homicide prosecution is done at the state level and we're seeing those numbers rise. not just in st. louis, but in kansas city for sure. but, yeah, that's up to the state prosecutor. i mean, we're again, ready, willing and able to help with those prosecutions at the local level and homicides and we've just been rebuffed at every turn by this local prosecutor. >> we were ready, willing and able to have kim gardner to come on to discuss this issue anytime. we weren't rebuffed, we didn't get a call. and come back later and talk to us about this initiative and talk about how you guys are with the feds, sir. >> we will for sure. leland: thank you. gillian. gillian: coming up next, we'll tell you everything you need to

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virus. this in today's episode of don't shoot the messenger. charles watson has the details on the study live from atlanta. charles. >> hey, good afternoon. adults who tested positive for the virus were twice as likely to have dined out at a restaurant. accord to go a new study from the centers for disease control and prevention. researchers found that people who tested positive ap negative for covid-19 have reported visits to gyms, stores and in-home gatherings. those who tested positive were twice as likely to report dining at a restaurant two weeks before symptoms started popping up. meanwhile, a new study from harvard university suggests young people may be more at risk from the virus than previously thought. researchers studied more than 3200 cases where people between the ages of 18 and 34 were

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>> welcome back, it's a busy saturday for protests around the world. the fire destroyed parts of a migrant camp in greece, sparking protests. and some of them cared a sign black lives matter. they wanted a chance at asylum. and in multiple cities the first march since lock down six months and ago protesting high taxes and regulations. in the former soviet union, belarus, hundreds of people are marching in minsk, whose

president ruled for 26 years. gillian: well, there is a brand new program we want to tell you about now. it's called coffee with a cop and it sets up police officers to have positive and really productive conversations with the citizens they serve. coffee with a cop is launching during the summer in which nationwide protests and police brutality and calls to defund the police have dominated the american conversation. joining us to discuss is the chief of the d.c. metropolitan police department. chief, thanks so much for being with us this weekend and we appreciate you taking the time. this program sounds like just what america ordered. can you tell us about it? >> well, you know, gillian, first of all, thank you so much for covering this because as you said, you know, since police are kind of taking a little bit of a beating across the nation and people don't really realize how many positive things that police officers do with our community on a very regular basis.

there will be a national coffee with a cop coming up on october 7th. this is an opportunity for people to go out, to sit with their local police officers. you can come and discuss these more serious issues that we're having in our country right now or you can even talk about small local things going on in your particular community and your particular neighborhood. so, it's really a great opportunity for folks to see that police officers are human beings, too. they will see that the police officers are really a great bunch of committed people that are out there trying to do the right thing. and it's just one of many things that we do to build relationships with our community. gillian: so, chief, a lot of us reporters have spent a lot of time over the last few months covering these black lives matter protests, as well as the riots that have erupted in cities around the country. so we've seen, me included, a lot of these kind of

confrontations between protesters and police that are out on the streets protecting them. what happens on the ground in these kinds of tense situations leaves very little room, right, for the kind of dialog that most citizens want to have with their police officers. so this, a venue like this, going to your local coffee shop kind of helps ease that a little bit. right? >> oh, absolutely. you hit the nail on the head and it's been disheartening for our police officers stand on the lines and have bricks thrown at them and bottles thrown at them. and in some, police were spit on. you know, our officers know that doesn't represent a large majority of people in this city and across the country, who are more than willing to support our police. and really, when we have the events like coffee with a cop, we're going to have a national weekend coming up that same weekend following coffee with a cop. it's events like that where we

get to see how supportive our community really is of our police. gillian: yeah, yeah, well anybody can show up. we've got to leave it there, chief. we're out of time. quickly tell us the website to learn more information. >> if you want to learn about it, mpdc.dc.gov and i want to thank you for covering something positive about police. it really helps. gillian: thank you for what you do and thank you for keeping the nation's capital safe. we'd love to have you back soon. we've got brand new details with president trump's trip out west later tonight. e you prea? well, i was invited. not by me, mate. my husband was kidnapped. this is terrorism! no! we're not afraid to die. that's why we're gonna win. i'm not afraid either.

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♪ gillian: firefighters right now are racing to contain multiple surging wildfires burning out west. so far over a dozen people have been killed at the hands of these fires in california, oregon and washington state. a grisly picture on this saturday afternoon for our opposite cost. welcome to "america's news headquarters" from washington, d.c., great to be with you at home, i'm gillian turner. leland: hard to imagine we're till in the middle of fire season. i'm leland vittert. the president is going to head to california monday for a briefing amid those fires that are still burning out of control. christina coleman on the ground

in monrovia, california, 10 a.m. pacific time as the heat and wind begins to pick up. hi, christina. >> reporter: huh, leland. yeah, we just learned president trump is going to be visiting northern california for a briefing on these wildfires. i'm here in southern california at the bobcat fire northeast of los angeles, and i want you to go ahead and take a look at that. leland, as you were reading your intro, that fire right up there, those flames just flared up and started. again, that happening just moments ago. now, this fire is one of 30 major fires burning in california right now. it's what's been a record breaking year in the golden state. so far this fire season more than 6,000 homes and structures have been damaged or destroyed, and at least 19 people killed in california alone. yesterday california governor gavin newsom toured hard-hit northern california. he said that climate change is taking its toll. >> over 7700 wildfires.

this contrast to last year where we had 4900 wildfires, 26 times more acreage burned this year in the state of california than in 2019. >> reporter: washington and oregon also seeing record fires and destruction. oregon's emergency management director says they are preparing for a mass fatality event with dozens of people still listed as missing and thousands of homes and structures destroyed. at least one million acres have burned there. and here in california you can see acres burning, those flames just going off there on this mountain, and right below it are homes. you have neighborhoods down here, so a lot of people concerned. and while the smoke pollution from these fires continues to wreak havoc on the west coast, there's a lot of smoke, it's hard to see, you've got poor visibility, fire officials say one good thing is coming out of

this. all of the smoke is blocking the sun, and that's making for better conditions for firefighters to try and get some of these fires under control. you can hear right now a helicopter is passing by, it looks like they might be doing a water drop. so a very active scene here. leland? leland: we'll keep an eye on your camera in terms of when the air drops are coming in. thank you. ♪ leland: president trump heads to nevada in a few hours where he's going to spend today and tomorrow at rallies in a state that hillary clinton narrowly won in 2016. mark meredith live with why the trump campaign thinks it's a possible pick-up. a little different than las vegas there. >> reporter: it is a little different than las vegas. i guess this is a different site, and that's why the president will be coming out here, to reach voters just outside of las vegas particularly. he's going to be holding an event at an airport not too far from where we are, and this is a state that republicans lost four

years ago but only by about 27,000 votes, and so the president will be coming here to hold this event about 30 minutes south of reno. the campaign certainly putting a lot of effort in their trip out west, multiple stops including in reno where he arrives tonight, and the president will be heading to las vegas, an area hit especially hard by the economic crisis. he's also going to be heading to arizona on monday. the chairwoman of the rnc says republicans do see a surge of support among the latino community. >> i'm very bullish on nevada. the president going out there today, we've seen a lot of energy already for this event. finish we've seen a lot of support from hispanic voters. hispanic voters who recognize that president trump is good for the economy, they believe in the american dream. >> reporter: but democrats have gained ground in nevada in recent elections. former vice president joe biden putting out a statement saying trump is making a mistake but coming out here. biden says, quote: nevadans

don't need more bluster from the president and don't need his reckless rallies that endanger public health. a campaign official tells fox news people will be having their temperatures checked and masks will be encouraged. president trump is facing pushback from a tweet earlier this morning involving north carolina and absentee voting. north carolina just started it a few days ago, and the president encouraged his supporters to make sure they do all they can to make sure their ballot is counted and potentially show up at an election suit to potentially vote twice, but north carolina officials say that is not an option. voting twices is illegal. instead, they want people to track their ballot online to make sure it's been received after it's mailed back. and north carolina officials say they have protocols in place that would prevent people, leland, from being able to vote twice. twitter has flagged that presidential tweet, so it's likely we'll hear more about this later on today. leland: yeah, we might hear a little more today. judge jeanine if's got an

interview with the president tonight, 9 p.m. eastern. mark meredith in the rural part of nevada, we'll check back in a little later. >> reporter: no casino out here where we are. [laughter] next time. try next time. leland: very nice. see you soon. gillian? gillian: well, fox news is learning now that senator bernie sanders is privately expressing to some concerns about joe bind's presidential -- joe biden's presidential campaign, reportedly in particular about biden's appeal to far-left liberal voters. hillary vaughn is tracking that story from all mington, delaware, where joe biden is this hour. hillary, what's the latest? >> reporter: well, gillian, bernie sanders is worried about joe biden's campaign thinking that he might lose it all in november because biden's campaign is running to the center. sanders' former campaign manager saying this in a statement to the washington post, that sanders has been talking to the

biden campaign about how to adjust their message into one that looks a lot more like bernie's did when he was still in the race. telling "the washington post" this, quote: senator sanders is confident that joe biden is in a very strong position to win this election, but nevertheless, feels there are some areas that that can continue to improve upon. he also thinks that a stronger outreach to young people, the latino community and the progressive movement will be of real help to the campaign. biden's campaign it seems is talking note, but they have some ground to make up among latino voters. joe biden is headed to the sunshine state on tuesday for the very first time since the pandemic started and is also out with three new spanish-language ads that will play in the state today. [speaking spanish] >> reporter: biden might also be trying to make progressive

concerns like climate change more prominent in his campaign, issuing this statement this afternoon on the wildfires raging on the west coast saying this in a statement, quote: climate change poses an imminent existential threat to our way of life. president trump can try to deny that reality, but the facts are undeniable. in the years ahead, there will be no challenge more consequential to our future than meeting and defeating the onrushing climate crisis. but, gillian, one of the fires that so far has burned over 7,000 acres in california was not started by a change of climate, but instead an explosive gender reveal. gillian? gillian: wow. hillary vaughn from wilmington, delaware, thank you. leland? leland: it is 2020. a little more insight into the trump campaign strategy as he heads to nevada. chairman of the american conservative union, matt schlapp. matt, we won't ask you to comment on the explosions of the gender reveal that caused the fire in california, but get to

this of hillary's reporting. in terms of bernie sanders talking about joe biden not being far enough left -- >> right. leland: -- that's got to be music to your ears and the president's. >> yeah. i actual don't think they're having a big policy disagreement. i think what's happening is these candidates like bernie sanders felt like they were really pushed out of this race by the powers, the power brokers in the democratic party. it never really sat well with them. it's an uneasy truce. and the other thing that's going on, i read all these polls, it's undeniable that there are many pathways to an electoral college victory for donald trump, and people on the democratic side are worried that they can see a path for trump getting a second term more clearly than ever. and it's going to cause great agitation on the democratic side. leland are, i don't know if i've ever heard a presidential candidate -- in this case joe biden -- coming out with a release to criticize his opponent for going to a state.

that must make donald trump feel pretty smart to go to nevada. leland: interesting also, and you've got joe biden heading to pennsylvania and florida which are considered battleground, but the fact that biden has to go to the state that he was born in and he tells the stories about being from scranton, that doesn't sound like a campaign that's confident. >> i just came out of four days being all around iowa in the trump bus, and i spent three days in nevada. so i'm going to these battleground states, and i'm telling you that the trump campaign, there's no question it's surging, number one, and the second thing i think voter registrations in many of these -- leland: let's get to nevada --? >> sure, of course. las vegas lee mark meredith reporting there were -- leland: where did the 27,000 pick-ups come are from if president trump is going to win nevada? what's the demographic? >> so it's just 14 votes a

precinct, that's all they have to improve by. and, you know, the governor there has got almost a complete shutdown in the economy, on churches, on everything. they tried everything they can to even shut down new of these political events. -- any of these political events. but the big boomerang on the socialists in nevada is because they made las vegas a ghost town, a lot of vote, over 135,000 mostly votes for hillary clinton last time have fled the state. at the same time, you have a lot of outmigration from california and the socialist policies there into nevada. so nevada's a state i'm going to predict that i actually think trump is going to win in nevada, and i think the democrats know it, and every poll shows it very tight. leland: we'll mark the tape in that case. [laughter] kevin wall, talk radio host from nevada, is coming up later to drill into some of the points you just made. look at the other battleground states though. and these are not can-win, these

are must-win if the president is going to be the president after january of 2021. wisconsin he's down, arizona he's down, pennsylvania he's down, michigan he's down, north carolina he's down, florida he is down in the real clear politics average. there's not a battleground he's up in right now, matt. >> that's not correct. i know what you're doing, you're going to the real clear politics average which is a totally acceptable way to look at it, but you have to actually look inside those polls. in most cases the media polls that are used, these public polls that are used for real clear politics, i don't think they are grasping what's actually going to happen in the electorate. they have an oversampling of -- leland: we -- hold on -- >> i just want to if -- leland: hold on -- >> no, let me -- lee las vegas we all know -- >> no, let me explain why. let me explain why -- knox. leland: why aren't we seeing polls from the campaign? why not release the internals? >> well, let me just tell you what you need to do as americans

are reading these polls? if it's less than a third republican turnout in that model, then there's no chance that that poll will be accurate. second thing, leland, even if you take the ballot away which is where is biden, where is trump, look at the progression of the race and look what voters care about. all the issues that are going to be important on the minds of voters -- taking back the economy, stopping these, the violence and the crime in our major cities, law and order, the issues that are laying down for the president are issues that are really going to be helpful as this race gets to the fourth quarter. leland: this part of the poll you'd probably agree agree with. when asked who do you think is going to win, president trump's up by 5 points. we'll count you in that camp -- >> and enthusiasm gaps. our supporters are at least a thursday more enthusiastic after coming out -- leland: matt, i thought you were just going to let me give you a nice thing to say good-bye with, and you keep going. >> i can't help myself.

that. [laughter] i've got so many good things to say. let's keep going. i've got so many positive things to say. leland: we'll have you back. and as a man who made it right from the airport to the studio, we appreciate it. your dedication to the cause is real. good to see you. >> thank, leland. gillian: he is always pulling through. millennials are moving back home, higher than it was during the great recession. we'll talk about that coming up next. we're going to face off on our show before they face off for their seat. ♪

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♪ ♪ gillian: a florida congressional a race is heating up now. it pits two of the nation's youngest candidates head to head in a battleground state where president trump and joe biden are in a near dead heat. joining us now, if elected, will be the youngest serving republican congresswoman. kate, thanks so much for joining us. you're running as a trump-supporting republican in this district that president trump led by 16 points four years ago. joe biden, at least according to the latest nbc poll we can throw

up on the screen there lost his edge pretty recently at the state level. we've got trump and biden both at 48% among likely voters. there is a 1% difference there, you know, between voters who are actually registered. so things are looking pretty rosy for you at the moment, right? >> absolutely. and thank you for having me on, gillian. the thing that we're seeing here in florida, one of the key battleground states, is that president trump has not only bridged that gap in the polls, but he is surging amongst all these key demographics that the biden campaign took for granted. hispanics, for example. these are key demographics that have seen socialism in their own home countries, and like cubans and venezuelans, for example, and they know what is coming with this socialist slide that lib aals are are -- liberals are

constantly pushing for. so they're very excited for another four years of president trump and his leadership to deliver on the promises and continue delivering on the promises that were made in 2016. gillian: so here's the rub, right, with the rosy picture. i'm going to get very candid with you. if elected, right, you're going to be a freshman member, historically very difficult for freshmen to really stake out a name and a policy agenda for themselves and translate their vision into legislation for their constituents. on top of that, the latest polling also suggests it's likely if not probable that democrats are going to keep the house. so you would be a freshman serving in the minority. so you've got this very steep hill to climb in terms of actually getting anything done over there on capitol hill. >> well, you know, my personal story in the span of ten years i've gone from how manyless to eventually -- homeless to

eventually the house of representatives. and i think that that is a sign of what is to come not just for myself personally, but for millennials and young conservatives running around the country. the benefit that i have is about eight years of experience as the deputy chief of staff for a member of congress in the house of representatives, a conservative member. and so while the polls around the country look a little bit tight, i think that there is incredible opportunity in the fact that we have someone who can hit the ground running and do the job on day one. we're going around the country helping young conservatives get elected, so we do have a chance to take back the house. gillian: so now your opponent says, kat, that you're unfit, socially, for this office because your former boss, ted yoho, demoted you from, i

believe, chief of staff to deputy chief of staff. he also says that when your former boss became entangled with freshman remember alexandria ocasio-cortez and called her a bunch of derogatory names we're not going to repeat on the air, you failed to come to her defense. >> so, you know, listen, i've served this district alongside congressman ted yoho for the last eight years and have had an exemplary record during my tenure. so any negative insinuations to the contrary are just that, negative, false, untrue. but with regard to aoc, listen, a private conversation between to two members of -- two members of congress that gets reported in the news is, of course, fodder around the country. but the thing that i find interesting about that particular situation is that the aoc that we saw just hours after that incident on the capitol steps, she was calling herself the very name that she accused congressman yoho of calling her.

and then -- gillian: wait, are you, are you okay with the fact that, kat, are you comfortable with the fact that your boss, sitting member of congress, a male, used that language to describe a female colleague? >> well, i've spoken with congressman yoho about this, and he has said that he did not call her that name. she herself, however, called herself that name. so the hypocrisy of the left is never ending. she's used that incident which, again, there's two sides to every story, she used that very same incident calling herself that name, and then the next day is on the -- gillian: well, but we also know that your former boss -- [inaudible conversations] >> raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for her political campaign. gillian: we do know that your former boss used those derogatory names against aoc, but we've got to leave it there. kat, we wish you all the best with your race. thanks for taking time to talk

with us today. we really appreciate hearing your perspective. >> thank you so much, gillian. leland: and is a race, indeed. the democrat running for florida's 3rd district, when we come back. ♪ vited. not by me, mate. something's not right. they're calling all the shots. what do you want? we've got to get him out. not a chance. the days of entebbe are long over. it's not his fault. this is terrorism. the world will see how guilty you are. i should go. we're not afraid to die. that's why we're going to win. what have you done to him? i'm not afraid either. infidel. rated r.

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my mom had me in the church on the seventh row every single sunday from the time i was a week old, and they taught me a couple things. they taught me, one, that no party cared whether or not i was going to live or die. number two, that lying was a sin, and number three that the greatest radicals of all time, the great leaders of all time were not the ones who hung out with the political establishment, they're not the ones that listened to the evangelical leaders, they're the ones that called them hypocrites. the ones that focused on the poor and the hungry and the needty and the sick and those rejected by society. and they taught me -- leland: adam, that's all well and good. none of that seems to be an answer to the question why is a a seat that was republican +15 two years ago now competitive for a democrat? >> because people are hurting. they are sick and they are tired, and they know that neither party cares about them. because right now we have been told that we're supposed to

stand up for what we believe in and be passionate about us, but the people who have led us for the past years do not care about us -- leland: okay, so you said since 2008, you're saying barack obama didn't stand the up for folks and donald trump hasn't stood up for folks. >> i'm just saying right now that the political i elite, i'm talking about the people that are my representatives. and you know who didn't actually stand up? the people who do not stand up, and let's go to the person you just had on the show, she did not stand up when her boss voted against making lynching a federal crime. talk about morals. when at the same time he talked and attacked women on the capitol steps, she did not even stand up for herself when -- leland: i'm not sure how you attack somebody for not standing up for themself, but different issues. >> -- demoted her and said she had no moral character. of. leland: and so you're saying that you're criticizing her for

not standing up for herself? >> i'm just confused. leland: okay. okay. let's get to president trump won the district by 16 points. he's obviously on the ballot as well. he's branded joe biden as a liberal socialist democrat. he says that often and says he will run that way. your platform, as i understand it, no fossil fuel money pledge, green new deal pledge and medicare for all. doesn't that just play into president trump's talking points about every democrat? >> no, absolutely not. again, i grew up as a conservative republican. the original progressive movement believed in getting rid of monopolies. they believed in, actually, a free market. they believed in getting rid of middlemen. that's what i believe in. and right now we have muddlemen in the health care industry, taking 30% of everything that we pay, that's the insurance companies. we have with companies that come

in take our water and destroy us, that's who we have to fight -- leland: okay. so more government intervention is the answer? >> is that what i said? leland: well, if you're for medicare for all, that's single payer, that's the government taking over health care. >> is it? is it the government talking -- leland: that's what bernie -- medicare for all is a proposal -- hold on, adam, bernie sanders is the one who -- >> yeah, let's talk about the it. leland: -- it talks about government taking over health care. am i trying to -- am i having to explain what your own position means? >> it doesn't mean that. in fact, what it -- leland: what does medicare -- hold it, adam, medicare is a government program. if you want medicare for all, how is that not a government program for everybody? >> what is medicare for all? since you seem to know, because it doesn't appear that you actually do. right now what it is is actually removing the insurance companies from the country, why? because they take 30% of -- leland: yeah, okay.

no one's arguing health care -- [inaudible conversations] no one's arguing that health care has issues in america. i'm not sure how talking about that is the answer. adam, appreciate your time. we'll keep watching the race. if it tightens up, we'll be inviting you back, sir. thank you. >> absolutely. leland: gillian? >> appreciate it. ♪ gillian: well, mass riots and lootingover the summer in some of america's biggest cities are taking a financial toll, a health toll and tolls on police forces. we're going to speak next with two local lawmakers on how they are helping their constituents deal with the fallout. ♪ age is just a number.

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city. joe biden is narrowly leading the president by 6% according to the real clear politics average. however, trump campaign says that the polls are tightening significantly. we bring in nevada talk radio show host, joining us from fabulous las vegas, kevin wall. kevin, fabulous las vegas was shut down for a few months, still is nowhere, anywhere close to normal. some good friends of mine just got back from there and said they almost didn't recognize it. how much of an effect is that going to have on the election? >> well, it really depends on what the courts do, because there is an effort in the courts even as we speak to eliminate the mail-in vote that has been challenged by the president and by his campaign. they were in a federal court earlier this week dealing with that. we don't know how that's going to play out. that would include mail-in votes, ballot harvesting. ballot harvesting was something that until -- leland: mail-in voting issue

though is going on around the country. specific though to nevada and especially to las vegas is the outsized part of your economy that's based on tourism, and nothing's been crushed harder by the coronavirus than tour up. tourism. who wins that debate? >> well, i i think we have a democrat governor by the name of steve sis lack who has literally shut the economy down. now they're trying to slowly reopen it. but people are angry. people can't get their unemployment benefits because of the state. they've screwed that up. the fact9 is that this governor, i think, has tainted the election and may be the difference. he's not on the ballot, but he may be the difference in this election. leland: all right. so as we're looking at this right now, i look at the red-blue heat map of counties in nevada. help orson county where --

henderson county where you've got las vegas and then the county for reno went for hillary clinton. the rest of it is solid dark red for president trump. anything that's going to change the turnout models here? matt schlapp, of the president's team, was on talking about how he feels as though there's been sort of a flight out of the blue counties and a surge of folks into the red counties. >> well, one thing that i think that's going to impact this is what people of color do. we've seen around the country, we have seen 35% of african-americans favoring the president or approving of the job he's doing. we've seen this in other, in other states all around, across the country. people of color are turning to the president. they're not turning against him. leland: how is that working in terms of when you say people of color, the latino vote in florida appears at least a little bit to be flipping as it relates to cuban-americans

especially in miami, possibly the margin hillary clinton won with latinos in florida doesn't look like it's going to hold. is that the same in nevada? new anecdotal stuff you can share with us on that? >> the only thing i can tell just from taking calls on a daily basis is that hispanics are turning towards the president. african-americans are turning towards the president. it's anecdotal, it's nothing i would put my hand on a bible for, but it looks like that's going to be different this time around. the president got 8% of the black vote in 2016, i think he stands to get 20, 25, maybe 35%. leland: well, they're certainly working hard on the hispanic vote which, obviously, is a big part of the population there. something the president talked about on the stump, he will tonight and tomorrow in nevada, is law and order, the ruse of crime across america -- the rise of crime across america, the difficulties our police forces and police officers and the disrespect they're facing in

america. this story caught my eye that's gone through "the daily caller" and others of shea mukalanus who's an officer who was paralyzed during a gun battle with a suspect. it's been noted by a lot of conservative publications that no presidential candidate's come to visit him, he's not a national household name even though he's laying in bed powerrized. i'm wondering -- paralyzed. is the law and order issue playing in nevada, or have have you all been able to avoid the rise in crime? >> no, as a matter of fact, we have avoided a lot of the vinyl, but that one week where we had violence in the streets of las vegas and it totally changed the life of the officer. this is something that's so tragic, and it was overshadowed by all the black lives matter, all the so-called peaceful marches. but what happened to shea, officer shea, was anything, anything but a peaceful protest.

leland: well, somebody tried to cull him, is what it was. >> yeah. leland: kevin, thanks for your insight as always. if nevada tightens, we'll is have you back, sir. >> thanks, leland. leland: gillian? gillian: so as local governments across the country are continuing to battle the health and financial sidefects of the coronavirus, some local lawmakers are battling damage and negative follow-on effects of large scale riots and looting. joining us now is democratic kentucky state rep lisa wilner and republican pennsylvania state rep seth groves. thanks to you both. lisa, i'm coming to you first because you say one of the biggest concerns, if not the biggest concerns you have right now is the discuss proportionate toll that the coronavirus is taking on black and hispanic members of your community there. >> absolutely. there's a long history of health disparities in this country and certainly in our community of

louisville, kentucky,s which is very, very racially segregated. and one of the things that the coronavirus has done is to really shone a bright light on how truly different the health outcomes are are based on zip code, where people live in our city based on ethnicity, based on opportunity. gillian: yeah. and, seth, with what about -- what are you seeing in terms of that disparity in your district? [no audio] [background sounds] gillian: seth, i think we're having some -- we're trying to -- i think we're having some audio trouble with seth there. lisa, i'll come back to you. the other thing that you're seeing there in kentucky now is, i think, 105 plus days in a row of protests against the killing

of bionthat breonna taylor. tell us what that looks like on the ground. >> absolutely. i think people are still pretty stunned and heart broken that a member of our community was killed by police officers in her own home. there's a lot of community grieving about that, and the folks have been showing up in downtown louisville for this is the 108th straight draw of protests. day of protests. those protests have been almost entirely peaceful. we had some really a tragic results when the national guard came in. another member of our community, david macatee, was shot and killed by members of the kentucky national guard. so that was very upsetting. we've also seen police presence lessen and decrease. what we see in the square, this is in jefferson square park which has been named by some

injustice square park, and what we see there is a very strong sense of community -- gillian: yeah. >> we have folks showing up there every day bringing meal, manning out masks, hand sanitizer to try to keep the community safe as people are standing up and exercising their first amendment rights and talk about the grief that our community is feeling. gillian: yeah. lisa, i think we got seth back. seth, hopefully you can hear us now. we were having some problems hearing your audio. want to get you to weigh in on the covid case count quickly in pennsylvania and then talk about the protests which seem to be mostly kind of in the philadelphia area. >> yeah. our case count has really flattened over the past few months. we have a governor who is continuing to put his foot down on our economy here in pennsylvania. he is completely devastating our entire restaurant industry. our hospitalizations are at the lowest they've been, our

mortality rates continue to drop, and we have four governors under investigation by the department of justice, one of which is our governor here in pennsylvania for putting covid-positive patients back in nursing homes leading to 67% of our fatalities. so it's been troublesome policy by our governor. one of the most restrictive states in the entire country for covid policies, and it's just destroying our economy. 37% national average unemployment rate. jill july well, folks, unfortunately, we've got to leave it there. really appreciated hearing from both of you. lisa in kentucky, seth in pennsylvania. we'll keep this conversation going. thanks very much. finish. >> thank you. >> thank you. new details now from the los angeles coroner about the death of "glee" actress naya rivera including new details about her final moments, when we come

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leland: check the headlines real quick, welcome back. thousands of firefighters are finally getting some help from mother nature with calming winds and ruing humidity as they try to put those massive wildfires

out. oregon's emergency management director says his team is preparing for a, quote, mass fatality event. president trump is heading to nevada for a rally outside reno this evening, a second sunday evening in henderson, then head to phoenix monday to meet with latino supporters. he'll also go to california. "glee" actress naya rivera screamed for help back in july. she had managed to save her 4-year-old son by lifting him up onto the boat she had rented for the day. newly-released autopsy report found small amounts of amphetamine, at roll and alcohol in her system. gillian: well, there is another chance for peace in the middle east as the afghan government now meets with the taliban to negotiate an into the nearly 20-year conflict that has been raging in that country. joining us now to discus this is

david wormser. i think the first question that needs to be asked here is we keep hearing all of this chatter about the afghan government negotiating with the taliban, and that all sounds very positive, but why is it so important to the united states? why should americans pay attention to this during an election cycle when we're also battling the coronavirus and it seems like a million other domestic challenges? >> well, i think in the question you gave a lot of information that is really the answer, which is essentially we're there, there are 8,500 troops there right now, american troops, and we're drawing down because america has so many of these domestic issues to care about. we also have three very large threats in the world we want to focus on, china, russia, and actually the ideational threat coming in from europe. so we have these things we need to focus on, and afghanistan's been going on for 19 years.

we have 8,500 troops, we're going to draw down to about 4,500 in a few months. so it was necessary for us to given to reprioritize our deployments and the effort that we spend abroad. and so -- gillian: yeah. >> -- a peace process in afghanistan, nice useful way to reduce our presence. gillian: you know, it's also something while you're talking, i'm thinking about what you're saying, and it strikes me this is also another campaign promise from president trump, is it not? this was part of his platform, i want to get us out of the endless wars in the middle east, particularly afghanistan. >> oh, absolutely. absolutely. this is one of the key promises he. over and over again he's repeated it, so he's very serious about this. and he's set up a framework which allows this to happen. ultimately, he's pushed our allies in the region to band together to form a strong strategic partnership. you see the uae and israel even

coming together which has a lot to do with pucking up the ball -- picking up the ball and our allies beginning to carry more of the weight. of course, we'll give them more latitude than we've done in the past -- gillian: that's the president's spin. yeah. so last question for you, david, is when you look back on the last 19 years, right? we're going to get out now, we're going to get down to 4500 troops in the next couple months here. a trillion dollars in u.s. taxpayer money has gone towards funding that war in afghanistan. over 2500 americans have paid the ultimate sacrifice, they have die on the battlefield there. is there any calculation here that tells us this was worth it? >> well, if for no other reason we destroyed bin laden and al-qaeda through our invasion of afghanistan itself was important because it killed so many americans. gillian: yeah. so i think it

was -- >> so i think it was worth it. the question of whether we needed to stay this long rather than try to build coalitions of allies to pick up the ball including the afghan government is something that should be asked especially by historians. gillian: yeah. all right. well, david, got to leave it there. thanks so much for joining us and sharing your perspective on this saturday afternoon. we'd love to have you back. >> thank you. it was a great pleasure. leland: great conversation there. we'll monitor events out of the middle east. president talks a little later tonight and also he talks to judge jeanine, 9 p.m. eastern. gillian, we'll see you back here tomorrow, correct? gillian: you will. something to look forward to. great to be with everybody. leland: have a great saturday. ♪ ♪ what do you think? i don't see it. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪

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>> dozens of wildfires continue to burn out west. spreading across 13 states as far north as alaska. at least 24 people have died and several more are missing. thousands of homes and businesses are destroyed. flames have scorched more than 7,000 square miles of land in california, oregon and washington state. hello, everyone. welcome inside america's news headquarters. i'm laura ingal, in for arthel neville. eric: good to have you with us this afternoon. i'm eric shawn. the fires sweeping up and down the west coast, reaching all the way to colorado.